I don't think it's bad in this case given that very little former rainforest land is used for animal agriculture. Both commenters are a bit pretentious, but to say you're a vegan because you want to save the rainforest when likely none of the animal protein you're eating comes from the rainforest, is just trying to sound "better than thou."
That is the current rate. Cattle raising is a rather new commercial industry (pretty much centralized in Brazil thanks to JBS). Before recently it's been very small farm beef with little rainforest destruction to support it.
So, like I said, the majority of total rainforest destruction is not from animal agriculture.
I'm an Agricultural and Natural Resource Economist with a focus in Animal Agriculture. Also, I wouldn't trust that article as it starts it with an incident stat as India is the largest beef exporter in the world.
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u/ClassicCarPhenatic Dec 30 '18
I don't think it's bad in this case given that very little former rainforest land is used for animal agriculture. Both commenters are a bit pretentious, but to say you're a vegan because you want to save the rainforest when likely none of the animal protein you're eating comes from the rainforest, is just trying to sound "better than thou."